{"id":61765,"date":"2024-03-28T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T18:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uqar.ca\/?page_id=61765"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T13:02:35","slug":"aquaculture-station","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uqar.ca\/en\/the-institut-des-sciences-de-la-mer-of-the-universite-du-quebec-a-rimouski-ismer-uqar\/facilities\/aquaculture-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquaculture station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-stereo-section-bloc has-u-theme-2-background-color has-background section-block-normal\"><div class=\"wp-block-stereo-section__container\"><div class=\"wp-block-stereo-section__col is-layout-flow wp-block-stereo-section-bloc-is-layout-flow\">\n            <section class=\"o-section-slider o-section-overflow-hidden o-section-mg-right\">\n                        <div class=\"c-slider__wrapper  \">\n                <!-- Slider main container -->\n                <div class=\"swiper 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year-round.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting the requirements of the Canadian Council on Animal Care, the aquaculture station is a vital research tool for ISMER-UQAR researchers working in disciplines where access to seawater is essential. The many projects carried out here, the number of researchers involved, and the national and international collaborations associated with these facilities attest to their importance to ISMER-UQAR&#8217;s mission.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-stereo-section-bloc section-block-normal\"><div class=\"wp-block-stereo-section__container\"><div class=\"wp-block-stereo-section__col is-layout-flow wp-block-stereo-section-bloc-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block\"><div class=\"c-accordion\" data-module=\"Accordion\" data-accordion-toggle=\"true\" data-accordion-scroll=\"true\" data-accordion-preopen=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"c-accordion__section\" data-accordion=\"wrap\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Ouvrir Marine and freshwater rearing tanks\" class=\"c-accordion__header\" data-accordion=\"trigger\"><span class=\"c-accordion__header__title\" id=\"marine-and-freshwater-rearing-tanks\"><span class=\"c-accordion__button\">Marine and freshwater rearing tanks<span class=\"c-accordion__header__icon\"><span class=\"o-button__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"o-ico -icon-arrow-down\"><use xlink:href=\"\/app\/themes\/baserock\/assets\/img\/sprite.svg?v=656c1ebaabe48619be#arrow-down\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/button><div class=\"c-accordion__content\" role=\"region\" data-accordion=\"content\"><div class=\"c-accordion__inner\">\n<p>The ISMER-UQAR aquaculture station is equipped with everything necessary to pursue work in aquaculture and to produce the various life stages of the invertebrates and fishes under study (from egg to adult). These infrastructures meet the requirements of the Canadian Council on Animal Care. The supply of both freshwater and seawater enables studies on both anadromous and marine species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tanks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The station is equipped for rearing freshwater and saltwater fishes, bivalves, and crustaceans of all ontogenic stages, with specific tanks for each stage and species. The use of small, fully recirculating units makes it possible to study thermal stresses and to work with non-native species. The station is equipped for microalga production, and it has a hydrodynamic channel to study the effect of currents and an acoustic tank to examine the effects of anthropogenic sounds.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"c-accordion__section\" data-accordion=\"wrap\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Ouvrir Mesocosms and benthocosms\" class=\"c-accordion__header\" data-accordion=\"trigger\"><span class=\"c-accordion__header__title\" id=\"mesocosms-and-benthocosms\"><span class=\"c-accordion__button\">Mesocosms and benthocosms<span class=\"c-accordion__header__icon\"><span class=\"o-button__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"o-ico -icon-arrow-down\"><use xlink:href=\"\/app\/themes\/baserock\/assets\/img\/sprite.svg?v=656c1ebaabe48619be#arrow-down\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/button><div class=\"c-accordion__content\" role=\"region\" data-accordion=\"content\"><div class=\"c-accordion__inner\">\n<p>The ISMER-UQAR aquaculture station is equipped with a series of five large mesocosms, each with a volume of 3,500 litres, for the study of ecosystems. These fragments of unmodified ecosystems, taken from the natural environment and brought back to the laboratory, are maintained in a controlled environment (e.g., temperature, salinity, organic matter) for various studies (e.g., hypoxia simulations, addition of contaminants, temperature increases, changes in the amount of organic matter).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each large cylindrical tank (3.5 m high and 1.4 m in diameter) is equipped with multiple probes to measure the physical and chemical parameters of the tank water. Multiple applications in chemistry, ecology, and ecotoxicology have been developed by ISMER-UQAR researchers and Fisheries and Oceans Canada&#8217;s Maurice Lamontangne Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Projects under development include work in ecology on the dynamics of organic carbon and in environmental chemistry on the mobility and dynamics of nanoparticles at the freshwater\u2013seawater interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aquaculture station is also equipped with benthocosms and a new mesocosm system for studying the benthic ecosystem. The benthocosms (45 x 45 x 42 cm in height) are unmodified fragments of the benthic ecosystem from the intertidal zone to depths of 400 m, taken from the natural environment and brought back to the laboratory where they are maintained in a controlled environment (e.g., temperature, salinity, organic matter). Each parameter can be studied to observe the benthic system (e.g., hypoxia simulation, addition of contaminants, temperature increase, change in organic matter). In addition, the use of benthocosms encourages multidisciplinary studies (ecology, geochemistry, chemistry) and provides a better understanding of ecosystem functioning. In addition, benthocosms are well suited to both short- and long-term experiments because the system can be maintained in the tanks for several months.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"c-accordion__section\" data-accordion=\"wrap\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Ouvrir Facilities\" class=\"c-accordion__header\" data-accordion=\"trigger\"><span class=\"c-accordion__header__title\" id=\"facilities\"><span class=\"c-accordion__button\">Facilities<span class=\"c-accordion__header__icon\"><span class=\"o-button__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"o-ico -icon-arrow-down\"><use xlink:href=\"\/app\/themes\/baserock\/assets\/img\/sprite.svg?v=656c1ebaabe48619be#arrow-down\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/button><div class=\"c-accordion__content\" role=\"region\" data-accordion=\"content\"><div class=\"c-accordion__inner\">\n<p>The aquaculture station is equipped with all the facilities needed to pursue work in aquaculture and the production of the various life stages of the invertebrates and fishes under study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The station offers a range of research services, including a supply of seawater, freshwater, and compressed air to maintain marine and freshwater organisms in tanks, an instrumentation laboratory with basic equipment (e.g., microscope, liquid nitrogen generator, particle counter, balances), a radioecology laboratory, experiment rooms, two tank rooms, a natural light greenhouse, temperature-controlled rooms, and related services (e.g., warehouse, workshop, meeting room).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"c-accordion__section\" data-accordion=\"wrap\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Ouvrir Contact\" class=\"c-accordion__header\" data-accordion=\"trigger\"><span class=\"c-accordion__header__title\" id=\"contact\"><span class=\"c-accordion__button\">Contact<span class=\"c-accordion__header__icon\"><span class=\"o-button__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"o-ico -icon-arrow-down\"><use xlink:href=\"\/app\/themes\/baserock\/assets\/img\/sprite.svg?v=656c1ebaabe48619be#arrow-down\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/button><div class=\"c-accordion__content\" role=\"region\" data-accordion=\"content\"><div class=\"c-accordion__inner\">\n<p><a href=\"mailto:nathalie_morin@uqar.ca\">Nathalie Morin<\/a>, Laboratory Technician, Aquaculture Station Technical Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>981, rue Marconi<br>Rimouski (Qu\u00e9bec) Canada<br>G5M 1L7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T\u00e9l\u00e9phone : 418 723-1986, poste 1811<br>T\u00e9l\u00e9phone (sans frais) : 1 800 511-3382, poste 1811<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/981+Rue+Marconi,+Rimouski,+QC+G5M+1L7\/@48.5146891,-68.4705331,17z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4c95d6e6d5486d93:0x1b74225759fcc076!8m2!3d48.5149574!4d-68.4679634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Localisation de la station aquicole (Google Map)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located on the shore of the St. Lawrence Estuary, the ISMER-UQAR aquaculture station is a research facility equipped with a high-performance seawater pumping system, enabling innovative research in aquaculture, marine biology, biotechnology, ecotoxicology, and geochronology to be carried out year-round. 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